It’s awesome to be able to report good news every now and then. We reported earlier this week that Terra Firma, the investor group that owns label group EMI, needed to pay creditors $156 million by this Friday to stop the label from changing ownership to Citigroup. It turns out that they were able to come through with the funds, according to the Wall Street Journal. EMI plans on making the payment in mid June. While this is encouraging, and a good sign, that doesn’t mean that they’re totally out of the woods yet. They’ve got until March 2011 to turn the entire company around. And there’s also word that perpetual money machine Queen may be exiting the label and taking their catalog with them. While that remains to be seen, it’s good to see that EMI, which includes Virgin and Capitol Records, will live to see another day.
Category 7 (Adrenaline Mob, Ex-Machine Head, Exodus, etc.) share “In Stitches” video; debut album arriving in July
Category 7, the new project featuring John Bush (Armored Saint), Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob, Sonic Universe), Phil Demmel (Machine Head, Kerry King, Vio-Lence), Jack Gibson (Exodus) and Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall, Overkill), will release their debut self-titled...
Dark Tranquillity share new single “Unforgivable”
Dark Tranquillity have unveiled a taste of their upcoming album Endtime Signals, set to release on August 16 via Century Media Records. Their latest single, "Unforgivable," coincides with a video shot during tours in Türkiye and Mexico, capturing the band's live...
Serj Tankian to drop solo EP ‘Foundations’ in September; autobiography coming in May
System of a Down's Serj Tankian recently revealed to Metal Hammer his plans to release a new solo EP titled Foundations in September. The EP will feature five songs, some dating back to Tankian's early days with System of a Down, while others are from his solo career...
New & Noteworthy: Humanoid Release Torment – 4/26/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see heavy new works from Accept, Darkthrone, Inter Arma, Deicide, Full Of Hell, Alien Ant Farm and Black Tusk, the debut...
New & Noteworthy: Cometh the releases – 4/19/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This New Music Friday will see the highly anticipated returns of Pearl Jam, The Ghost Inside and High On Fire, as well as big...
New & Noteworthy: Release Ballads – 4/12/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week will see the debut of Jakobs Castle, the return of classic rockers Blue Öyster Cult, Mark Knopfler and James, as well as new...